Measuring Tomorrow : : Accounting for Well-Being, Resilience, and Sustainability in the Twenty-First Century /

Measuring Tomorrow : : Accounting for Well-Being, Resilience, and Sustainability in the Twenty-First Century / / Éloi Laurent.

How moving beyond GDP will improve well-being and sustainabilityNever before in human history have we produced so much data, and this empirical revolution has shaped economic research and policy profoundly. But are we measuring, and thus managing, the right things-those that will help us solve the r...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
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Laurent, Éloi,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017]
©2018
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (240 p.) :; 20 line illus. 15 tables.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • INTRODUCTION: Values, Data, and Indicators
  • PART I. THE NEW EMPIRICAL ORDER: HOW INDICATORS (MIS)RULE OUR ECONOMIC WORLD
  • 1. The Ascent of "Datanomics": The Case of the European Union
  • 2. Good and Bad Indicators: The Case of GDP
  • PART II. MAPPING AND MEASURING WELL- BEING AND SUSTAINABILITY IN THE TWENTY- FIRST CENTURY
  • 3. Income
  • 4. Work
  • 5. Health
  • 6. Education
  • 7. Happiness
  • 8. Trust
  • 9. Institutions
  • 10. Material Flows
  • 11. State of the Biosphere
  • 12. Environmental Performance
  • 13. Sustainability
  • PART III. MANAGING THE WELL- BEING AND SUSTAINABILITY TRANSITION
  • 14. Valuing What Counts
  • 15. Engaging Citizens
  • 16. Building Tangible and Resilient Transitions
  • CONCLUSION: Beyond (the End of) Growth: Grasping Our Social- Ecological World
  • Notes
  • Index

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